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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of La Agüera - Wikipedia

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    The stamps of La Agüera are not rare, typically costing about US$1 either used or unused, but because of the small population (probably fewer than 1,000 persons) and short period of validity, non-philatelic uses on cover are likely to be hard to find. [citation needed] Sources. Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues; Encyclopaedia of Postal ...

  3. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    The first stamps of the Venezuela were issued on 1 January 1859. [1] Venezuela supported its territorial claim in the Venezuela Crisis of 1895 by printing an 1896 postage stamp with a map showing Guyana up to the east bank of the Essequibo River as "Guayana Venezolana". Guyana years later responded with a series of overprints “ESSEQUIBO IS ...

  6. Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ca–Ce) - Wikipedia

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    Now uses stamps of Panama. Dates 1904–1979 Capital Balboa Currency 100 cents = 1 balboa Main article Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone Canary Islands. Overprinted airmail stamps were used during the Spanish Civil War. Dates 1936–1938 Capital Las Palmas Currency 100 centimos = 1 peseta Main article See also Spain Candia ...

  7. La Guaira - Wikipedia

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    La Guaira Bank (Spanish: El Placer de La Guaira) is an underwater ridge that is approximately 12 miles off the coast from the city of La Guaira. The bank is approximately 12 miles (19 km) long from east to west and 4 miles (6 km) wide from north to south, and it rises from 50 fathoms (90 m) in the surrounding area to 140 fathoms (260 m).

  8. Category:Philately of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Philately of Spain". The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Postage stamps and postal history of Spain.

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Postage stamps and postal history of Spain. One of the first stamps of Spain, issued 1850. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Spain . A royal decree of September 12, 1861 established the Fábrica del Sello as the exclusive printer of Spanish stamps. In 1893 the Fábrica del Sello merged with the Casa de la Moneda to ...

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